DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2004)2/FINAL 

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Afilias,  Afilias Announces Launch Date For .INFO German Umlaut Domain Names, 27 January 2004. 

http://www.afilias.info/news/press_releases/pr_articles/2004 01 27 01 

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Refer to Afternic, an online auction site for domain names, at: http://www.afternic.com/rsample.html 

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Registries' monthly report to ICANN is available at http://www.icann.org/tlds/monthly reports/index.html 

JPNIC provides the summary of the number of gTLDs registration at 

http://www.jpnic.jp/ja/stat/dom/gtld.html 

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OCDE/GD(97)207 Internet Domain Names: Allocation Policies, p46. 

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http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/press/pr9817.htm 

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http://www.icann.org/nsi/nsi rla 04nov99.htm#5 The maximum fee of USD 6, which the registry can 

charge registrars, was reaffirmed in April 2001 http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry 

agmt appg com 16apr01.htm 

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http://www.icann.org/general/ 

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http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/info/registry agmt appg 20jan04.htm 

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http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/biz/registry agmt appg 18jun03.htm 

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Details are explained at : 

 https://account.bluerazor.com/gdshop/br_landing.asp?authguid=&se=%2b&isc=&prog_id=BlueRazor 

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http://www.icann.org/general/ 

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Netcraft Secure Server Survey for March 2004, www.netcraft.com 

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OECD  Cybersquatting: The OECD's experience and the problems it illustrates with registrar practices and 

the Whois system , 2002. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/53/2074621.pdf 

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For a list of the largest domain name holders see Matthew Zook's  research at: 

http://www.zooknic.com/Domains/top_holders.html   

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For example companies see: http://www.sedo.com/services/parking.php3?language=us 

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Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School, 

June 25, 2002. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/tlds/001/ 

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Afilias,  .INFO Reaches 1 Million Registrations , 19 November 2002 

http://www.afilias.info/news/press_releases/pr_articles/2002 11 18 02 

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http://www.afilias.info/news/press_releases/pr_articles/2004 02 12 01

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This can be done at http://www.whois.net/ 

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Refer, for example, to the STOP programme initiated by the 

.biz

 registry and WIPO's assessment at 

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/reports/biz stop/index.html 

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http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/biz/registry agmt appl 18apr01.htm 

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http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/statistics/cumulative/results.html 

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